AVIATION.
BOMBS FROM AEROPLANES A NEW TERROR. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.25 a.m.) . New York, June 22. The first use of aeroplanes in dropping bombs on warships occurred in Ouaymas Harbor, in the Gulf of California.
Mason, a French aviator employed by the Mexican rebels, forced the Federal gun boats to take refuge in the open sea, when bombs fell on the decks.
Mason reported killing 50 Federals by dropping bombs in the tenches round Guaymas.
A FALL OF 1600 FEET
New York, June 21
Ensign Billingsley fell 1600 feet from mid-air into Chesapeake Bay. His body has not yet been found. Lieutenant Towers, a passenger, clung to the machine, and was carried under the water, but rose to the surface. When rescued he was in a state of nervous collapse. The machine turned over in mid-air, throwing Billingsley out.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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143AVIATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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